Seven Democrats and two Republican candidates are running in the June primaries for City Council District 15, which just held a special election in March.
Grandes diferencias en dinero recaudado para la campaña separan a los candidatos en el distrito 8 que incluye barrios de Manhattan y el sur del Bronx.
Ranked-choice voting tallies have been underway in the special elections that occurred March 23.
This June’s Democratic primary is only the third time since 1969 that Bronx voters get an open competition for borough leader.
A new report by Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, released Monday, analyzed pre-pandemic data to determine where the level of various risks to families’ well-being stood before the COVID-19 crisis.
Tanto quienes han trabajado con Serrano como quienes lo critican saben que el representante del distrito congresional 15 ha trabajado siempre tras bambalinas.
Jessica González-Rojas, Marcela Mitaynes, Amanda Septimo y Jonathan Rivera son parte de una nueva ola de activismo político latino en el estado de Nueva York.
A nivel nacional los latinos representan el 18 por ciento de la fuerza laboral de todo el país, pero fueron sobrerrepresentados en varias industrias que perdieron miles de empleos a raíz de la crisis económica que ha ocasionado la pandemia.
Según las últimas cifras del departamento de trabajo del estado de Nueva York, el Bronx, el condado con mayor número de hispanos, tiene la mayor tasa de desempleo de todo el estado: 24.9 por ciento.
At least four candidates in the crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring Bronx Rep. Jose Serrano say there were irregularities in Primary Day voting.
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